Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 305 · 40 questions

Writing tip (Read it aloud): Decide what the question is checking — a missing part, a capital, a joining word, the order or the end mark. Use that lesson’s tip. Read your choice aloud: a correct sentence sounds complete.

1. 1.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples and we bought grapes.
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) shiny (c) bitter (d) smooth
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Collected nuts.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Lucknow on tuesday.” (a) fort (b) on (c) visited (d) tuesday
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “off” (b) after “his” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “Kabir”
6. 6.Yash wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) poor (c) wealthy
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya eats a banana after school. (b) Kavya a banana eats after school. (c) Kavya eats after school a banana. (d) Eats Kavya a banana after school.
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How tasty the samosa is!” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
9. 9.Rahul wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) glad (c) sad
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) the (b) thursday (c) in (d) played
11. 11.“The school bus.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
12. 12.Which is the best way to join “The mango looked green.” and “It was very sweet.”? (a) The mango looked green but it was very sweet. (b) The mango looked green because it was very sweet. (c) The mango looked green so it was very sweet.
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please feed the cat.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Kavya catches the bus at seven.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
15. 15.These words are mixed up: every / the / feeds / Rohan / morning / cat
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan feeds the cat every morning. (b) Rohan the cat feeds every morning. (c) Feeds Rohan the cat every morning. (d) Rohan feeds every morning the cat.
16. 16.Which of these is a question? (a) What is Joseph drawing in class? (b) Switch off the fan. (c) Tara waters the plants in the evening. (d) What a cold morning!
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) in (b) chennai (c) the (d) lives
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “children” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “When is Aisha leaving for Delhi?” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Pooja drawing in class?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
21. 21.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Simran picked a yellow flower. (b) Simran picked a pretty yellow flower. (c) Simran picked a pretty flower. (d) Simran picked a flower.
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Omkar eating for lunch?” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Pooja brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
25. 25.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Eating a big mango. (b) The little puppy ran across the garden. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aarav waters the plants in the evening.” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
27. 27.These words are mixed up: rice / for / Farhan / cooks / lunch
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan cooks for lunch rice. (b) Farhan rice cooks for lunch. (c) Farhan cooks rice for lunch. (d) Cooks Farhan rice for lunch.
28. 28.Which of these is a command? (a) Where is Dev going after school? (b) What a tall tree! (c) Please help me carry this box. (d) Rahul flies a kite on the roof.
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Arjun is reading today? (b) Is what Arjun reading today? (c) Arjun is what reading today? (d) What is Arjun reading today?
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya picked Riya's mango. Riya ate it. (b) Riya picked her mango. Her ate it. (c) Riya picked her mango. She ate it.
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) on (b) we (c) cousins (d) met
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir and I played in the park on friday.” (a) the (b) friday (c) and (d) played
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Carried a crumb. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) Our cat.
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) prickly (b) loud (c) bright (d) sour
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
36. 36.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Yash saw a blue butterfly. (b) Yash saw a tiny blue butterfly. (c) Yash saw a butterfly. (d) Yash saw a tiny butterfly.
37. 37.Tenzin wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) brave (c) afraid
38. 38.These words are mixed up: plays / cricket / park / the / in / Arjun
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun plays cricket in the park. (b) Arjun cricket plays in the park. (c) Plays Arjun cricket in the park. (d) Arjun plays in the park cricket.
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis.
40. 40.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Manav painted a round pot. (b) Manav painted a pot. (c) Manav painted a round orange pot. (d) Manav painted an orange pot.

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